Ron Klain
Bio | Ron Klain is the White House Chief of Staff under the Biden Administration and has previously served as the White House Ebola Response Coordinator under the Obama Administration as well as Chief of Staff to VP Joe Biden during the Obama Administration and Chief of Staff to VP Al Gore under the Clinton Administration. He also serves as a political consultant and attorney, and graduated from Georgetown with a B.A. and from Harvard with a Juris Doctor. |
Status and Position | Current White House Chief of Staff of White House Staff |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, White House Staff |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
Campaign Financing | No campaign funding information is known. |
Voting Rights | No clear stance on issue. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Klain has indirectly expressed support for socialized healthcare measures like Medicare through his criticisms of the Trump Administration's anti-Medicare stance. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1057836406423408640 |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| LGBT Rights | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Taxes | For | Klain has opposed tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations and has expressed concern about repealing taxes that help pay for essential services. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1287810275576610816, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2011-08-23/tea-party-gas-tax-fix-is-bad-economics-worse-history-ron-klain, https://equitablegrowth.org/must-read-ronald-klain-2016-its-a-trap/ Klain does not support tax cuts for corporations, and has critiqued Trump's efforts to ensure these tax cuts. He also opposes the elimination of taxes such as the gas tax, which helps pay for highway and infrastructure improvements, seeing this tax as a vital source of funding. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1287810275576610816, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2011-08-23/tea-party-gas-tax-fix-is-bad-economics-worse-history-ron-klain, https://equitablegrowth.org/must-read-ronald-klain-2016-its-a-trap/ |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. Klain does not support tax cuts for corporations, and has critiqued Trump's efforts to ensure these tax cuts. He also opposes the elimination of taxes such as the gas tax, which helps pay for highway and infrastructure improvements, seeing this tax as a vital source of funding. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1287810275576610816, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2011-08-23/tea-party-gas-tax-fix-is-bad-economics-worse-history-ron-klain, https://equitablegrowth.org/must-read-ronald-klain-2016-its-a-trap/ |
| Abortion | For | Klain has been outspoken about protecting pro-abortionist policies and preventing the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133434891050323968, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133089074057797632, https://www.liveaction.org/news/biden-chief-staff-naral-soldier-army/ Klain has supported states' rights to uphold abortion as constitutional and opposes federal government and judicial efforts to reverse Roe v. Wade. He has also openly supported NARAL and has referred to himself as a "soldier"in the pro-choice "army." Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133434891050323968, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133089074057797632, https://www.liveaction.org/news/biden-chief-staff-naral-soldier-army/ |
| Gun Control | For | Klain supports gun control legislation, calling for background checks, permits, and limits on which guns can be publicly sold and used. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/977662367885643781, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/968964847659515905 Klain issued a statement on Twitter addressing his stance on gun control, asking, "Why did today's #1A marchers need a permit to march, but #2A gun buyers can get guns without permit or background check at a gun show? Our #1A rights aren't absolute, and there's no #2A right to own an AR-15." He has also expressed his belief that Democrats needs to be stricter on gun control without fear of retalliation from the NRA or lack of electoral support. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/977662367885643781, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/968964847659515905 |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. Klain issued a statement on Twitter addressing his stance on gun control, asking, "Why did today's #1A marchers need a permit to march, but #2A gun buyers can get guns without permit or background check at a gun show? Our #1A rights aren't absolute, and there's no #2A right to own an AR-15." He has also expressed his belief that Democrats needs to be stricter on gun control without fear of retalliation from the NRA or lack of electoral support. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/977662367885643781, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/968964847659515905 |
| Government Interference | For | |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Klain has not explicitly endorsed his support for Planned Parenthood, however he has allied himself with NARAL Pro-Choice and is an outspoken advocate of reproductive freedom. Source: https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133434891050323968, https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1133089074057797632, https://www.liveaction.org/news/biden-chief-staff-naral-soldier-army/ |
| Welfare | For | https://twitter.com/RonaldKlain/status/1052241519493701632 |
| Welfare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Nuance | Klain proposed a crime bill under the Clinton Administration that would have imposed harsher sentencing, law enforcement, and criminal justice reforms, however his exact stance on mandatory minimum sentencing is unspecified. Source: https://theintercept.com/2016/05/04/the-untold-story-of-bill-clintons-other-crime-bill/ |